Several Republican U.S. senators, led by @SenThomTillis, are fighting for #solar tariff exemptions.

Citing the preservation of American jobs, several Republican U.S. senators are urging the Trump administration to exclude 72-cell, 1,500-volt solar panels from the 30% tariffs recently imposed on solar products. In a May 9 letter to Rick Perry, secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy; Robert Lighthizer, U.S. trade representative (USTR); and Wilbur Ross, secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; Dean Heller, R-Nev.; Jerry Moran, R-Kan.; Cory Gardner, R-Colo.; Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Richard Burr, R-N.C.; Pat Roberts, R-Kan.; and Tim Scott, R-S.C., wrote as follows: “We are writing to express our appreciation for the president’s recent initiatives to protect U.S. manufacturers against unfair competition from foreign imports. We are grateful that, in the proclamation imposing safeguard measures on solar product imports, President Trump t...